World Cup preview, England's chances assessed, the favourites analysed and the players to watch

Sunday Supplement

Sky Sports

News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

3.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Neil Ashton is joined by The Mirror's chief football writer John Cross and The Independent's chief sports writer Jonathan Liew for the first episode of World Cup Supplement. The trio discuss the big talking points ahead of Russia 2018, including how England are shaping up for the tournament, the off-field stories which have made headlines and which of the favourites are best placed to lift the trophy. The panel also pick out their players to watch at the World Cup - and give their predictions for England.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sunday Supplement Podcast brought to you by Bet 365 and at Bet 365 they don't do ordinary.
0:07.4	It's where every game, every goal and every point matters whatever the sport, whatever the moment, it's never ordinary at Bet 365.
0:16.2	Please gamble responsibly, over 18s only. Hello, welcome to the World Cup Supplement Podcast, that's right. The Sunday
0:27.8	supplement podcast, that's right. The Sunday supplement is going to the World Cup
0:29.0	we'll bring you special shows from Russia throughout the tour and make sure you
0:32.3	subscribe to
0:33.0	Sunday Supplin on iTunes so you don't miss a show we won't just be
0:36.6	publishing on Sundays. The World Cup kicks off on Thursday but before we
0:39.8	fly out we're here in the Sky Studios to preview the big event.
0:42.8	Joining me for the first episode of World Cup Supplement is John Cross,
0:45.7	the chief football writer at the Mirror, and Jonathan Lou.
0:47.9	He's the chief sports writer at the Independent.
0:50.7	Morning, guys.
0:51.3	Good to see it.
0:51.9	How are we? Good. Yeah, very. Good to see it.
0:53.0	Are we excited for the tournament?
0:55.0	What's the most exciting element for you about going out to Russia to see a World Cup?
1:00.0	The 2018 World Cup is finally here, but what are you about it? I guess it's
1:03.7	it's it probably sounds like a bit of a cliche but you just it's the unexpected
1:07.0	nature of what we know what's going to happen there are lives that are going to be
1:10.4	changed forever there are players they are going to make their name,
1:13.8	players that we probably haven't even heard of most of us that are just going to become household names
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